Comments for Bigger Than Your Head http://biggerthanyourhead.net Tue, 22 May 2012 19:59:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Friday Wine Sips: Eight Rosés by Wine Of The Week: 2011 Dashe Cellars Vin Gris « ENOFYLZ http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2012/05/12/friday-wine-sips-eight-roses/comment-page-1/#comment-885951 Wine Of The Week: 2011 Dashe Cellars Vin Gris « ENOFYLZ Tue, 22 May 2012 19:59:18 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/?p=14967#comment-885951 [...] Friday Wine Sips: Eight Rosés (biggerthanyourhead.net) [...] [...] Friday Wine Sips: Eight Rosés (biggerthanyourhead.net) [...]

]]> Comment on Wine of the Week by Fredric Koeppel http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2012/05/21/wine-of-the-week-177/comment-page-1/#comment-885786 Fredric Koeppel Tue, 22 May 2012 13:24:56 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/?p=15139#comment-885786 Wow, Dale, lucky you! My only experience with that region was a few days in Aix-en-Provence and Avignon. I'd love to explore the region in more dimension... Wow, Dale, lucky you! My only experience with that region was a few days in Aix-en-Provence and Avignon. I’d love to explore the region in more dimension…

]]> Comment on Wine of the Week by DALE SEVIG http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2012/05/21/wine-of-the-week-177/comment-page-1/#comment-885344 DALE SEVIG Mon, 21 May 2012 20:36:20 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/?p=15139#comment-885344 WE SPEND A LOVELY WEEK IN A GITE JUST ABOVE CARIANNE 5 YEARS AGO AND REVISITED LAST YEAR AND HAVE ENJOYED THIS VINTNER MANY TIMES! LOVE THE WINES FROM THIS AREA OF PROVENCE ALTHO WINES FROM BANDOL ARE MY FAVS BUT REQUIRE MUCH MORE AGEING. OFF IN OCT FOR THE AREAS AROUND NICE AND LES ARC FOR MORE GOOD COTE DU PROVENCE AND VAROIS! WE SPEND A LOVELY WEEK IN A GITE JUST ABOVE CARIANNE 5 YEARS AGO AND REVISITED LAST YEAR AND HAVE ENJOYED THIS VINTNER MANY TIMES! LOVE THE WINES FROM THIS AREA OF PROVENCE ALTHO WINES FROM BANDOL ARE MY FAVS BUT REQUIRE MUCH MORE AGEING.

OFF IN OCT FOR THE AREAS AROUND NICE AND LES ARC FOR MORE GOOD COTE DU PROVENCE AND VAROIS!

]]> Comment on America Will Never Have a Genuine Wine Culture by Erin McGrath http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2012/05/09/american-will-never-have-a-genuine-wine-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-885327 Erin McGrath Mon, 21 May 2012 19:51:01 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/?p=14913#comment-885327 FK, I loved this post and agree with you. Growing up under the reign of my former step-family and their very, very conservative and religious POV did not allow for any kind of alcohol to have any place in life other than "sin." Silly, silly. Luckily I have a brain and a smart one at that, deciding moderate drinking (and agnosticism) definitely made me a much happier person. However, even after ten years of living in Los Angeles, I still am surprised by my home town folks' reactions to my wine industry job and the fact that my husband and I enjoy wine regularly with dinner. It's foreign and scary, as if it automatically means we have some huge drinking problem we excuse with being "cultured" or "classy." Pffft. In the California bubble, it's easy to assume others might be keen on enjoying wine as casually as we do, but it's just not reality. As much as I love the "wine for everyone" approach in wine marketing - and the mission of many writers and bloggers to "bring wine to the masses," the masses still choose Bud Light or Coors, paired with a Stouffer's oven lasagna. Oh well - more wine for me. (Sidenote: the ad streaming via AdChoices right above the comments section reads, "Alcohol Treatment Program: Caring, private and holistic healing in Beautiful Del Mar, California." Heh.) FK, I loved this post and agree with you. Growing up under the reign of my former step-family and their very, very conservative and religious POV did not allow for any kind of alcohol to have any place in life other than “sin.” Silly, silly. Luckily I have a brain and a smart one at that, deciding moderate drinking (and agnosticism) definitely made me a much happier person.
However, even after ten years of living in Los Angeles, I still am surprised by my home town folks’ reactions to my wine industry job and the fact that my husband and I enjoy wine regularly with dinner. It’s foreign and scary, as if it automatically means we have some huge drinking problem we excuse with being “cultured” or “classy.” Pffft.

In the California bubble, it’s easy to assume others might be keen on enjoying wine as casually as we do, but it’s just not reality. As much as I love the “wine for everyone” approach in wine marketing – and the mission of many writers and bloggers to “bring wine to the masses,” the masses still choose Bud Light or Coors, paired with a Stouffer’s oven lasagna.

Oh well – more wine for me. (Sidenote: the ad streaming via AdChoices right above the comments section reads, “Alcohol Treatment Program: Caring, private and holistic healing in Beautiful Del Mar, California.” Heh.)

]]> Comment on Wine of the Week by Fredric Koeppel http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2012/05/07/wine-of-the-week-175/comment-page-1/#comment-880840 Fredric Koeppel Tue, 15 May 2012 21:42:02 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/?p=14899#comment-880840 Well, I'd say because Rhone whites are fairly rare, at least outside of the major Northeast and California markets, they tend to be expensive, and why not try this wine because it's terrific... Well, I’d say because Rhone whites are fairly rare, at least outside of the major Northeast and California markets, they tend to be expensive, and why not try this wine because it’s terrific…

]]> Comment on America Will Never Have a Genuine Wine Culture by Wine News Roundup | | http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2012/05/09/american-will-never-have-a-genuine-wine-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-879368 Wine News Roundup | | Mon, 14 May 2012 13:23:53 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/?p=14913#comment-879368 [...] Something to Discuss at Happy Hour Tonight The wine and food blog “Bigger Than Your Head” argues that America will never have a true wine culture.  The post makes an interesting follow-up [...] [...] Something to Discuss at Happy Hour Tonight The wine and food blog “Bigger Than Your Head” argues that America will never have a true wine culture.  The post makes an interesting follow-up [...]

]]> Comment on America Will Never Have a Genuine Wine Culture by Scalfin http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2012/05/09/american-will-never-have-a-genuine-wine-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-876603 Scalfin Fri, 11 May 2012 19:45:55 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/?p=14913#comment-876603 Call me New-Englandized, but I've always prefer a cider to a wine. Maybe my family will have to learn from the Basques. Call me New-Englandized, but I’ve always prefer a cider to a wine. Maybe my family will have to learn from the Basques.

]]> Comment on America Will Never Have a Genuine Wine Culture by Amuse Bouche « Edible Arts http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2012/05/09/american-will-never-have-a-genuine-wine-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-876507 Amuse Bouche « Edible Arts Fri, 11 May 2012 16:56:47 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/?p=14913#comment-876507 [...] Will the U.S. ever have a genuine wine culture? Probably not. [...] [...] Will the U.S. ever have a genuine wine culture? Probably not. [...]

]]> Comment on America Will Never Have a Genuine Wine Culture by Terroirist: A Daily Wine Blog » Daily Wine News: Vines Don’t Care http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2012/05/09/american-will-never-have-a-genuine-wine-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-876366 Terroirist: A Daily Wine Blog » Daily Wine News: Vines Don’t Care Fri, 11 May 2012 12:01:51 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/?p=14913#comment-876366 [...] to Fredric Koeppel, “America Will Never Have a Genuine Wine Culture.” (H/T: Eric [...] [...] to Fredric Koeppel, “America Will Never Have a Genuine Wine Culture.” (H/T: Eric [...]

]]> Comment on Wine of the Week by Ed http://biggerthanyourhead.net/2012/05/07/wine-of-the-week-175/comment-page-1/#comment-876066 Ed Fri, 11 May 2012 02:32:04 +0000 http://biggerthanyourhead.net/?p=14899#comment-876066 If I want a "Rhone-style white", why shouldn't I just, uh, you know, buy a Rhone white? If I want a “Rhone-style white”, why shouldn’t I just, uh, you know, buy a Rhone white?

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